... , imprisoned many more, and systematically prevented Iraqi citizens from enjoying any measure of freedom. He has threatened neighboring countries, refused to comply with U.N. mandates, and decorated his palaces at the expense of food and water for his people. Saddam's crimes against humanity are recorded in ... to win a soccer game and by executing thousands of Shiites in Basra in 1991. Qusay Hussein helped his brother curb the Basra uprising with mass executions and torture. Additionally Qusay devised a "cleansing program" whereby prisoners were arbitrarily executed in order to make room...

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... go," President George W. Bush said to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield Wednesday at the close of a nearly four-hour meeting in the Oval Office. The war on Iraq, which has been given the title "Operation: Iraqi Freedom", is the result of months of Hussein's refusal to let United Nations weapons inspectors into ... "weapons of mass destruction" into Iraq. This problem goes as far back as the early "90's when former President Bush initiated the Gulf War on account of very similar issues. Aside from not letting U.N. inspectors into Iraq, Hussein has been a brutal dictator towards his own ...

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... sweet wills of the only super power of the world. Perhaps America would have realized her dreams gradually but the terrorist attack of 11 September on World Trade Centre gave her a pretext and she got inexplicably furious and vindictive. The White House promptly enunciated that the revivalist movements in the ... humanistic in the world. And the people who shed tears at the loss of wild life are now effacing the human life with their own hands. And not being satisfied with it, America is now threatening Syria and Iran again and again. During the whole drama, the role of Muslim countries ...

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... peace, and confound the designs of evil men." President George W. Bush. There are many issues that can be addressed about invading Iraq and starting the "War on Terrorism". Everybody has their own opinion so it will be impossible to state them all, but here are the strongest arguments. The first issue is that Saddam Hussein ... position to fight for this cause and that the citizens of Iraq should have risen up against their leader if it was what they wanted. Well, with the United States being the most powerful nation in the world, there is no way we could have just sat back and watch as m...

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... predicted rebuilding Iraq could cost up to $1.6 trillion over 10 years. But the final cost of rebuilding a battered Iraq will depend on how quickly the country manages to get back on its feet -- it does after all have the second largest oil reserves in the world, and a fertile agricultural economy. If you ... President Bush so quick to help to re-build? President George Bush has said he plans to ask Congress for $87 billion in extra spending on Iraq and Afghanistan. This is substantially more than many had expected him to request, and essentially amounts to an admission from the White Hou...

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Many citizens of the United States of America may believe the war on Iraq is unnecessary or wrong, but this war could be very useful to us. We could better the country for the Iraqi citizens and make it ... Saddam has clearly brainwashed some of his people to commit suicide bombings. It is terrifying that one of his soldiers might be roaming around the streets with innocent people with a deadly bomb. We need to support our government in taking Hussein out of commission, so they can sustain his terrible ideas that deals ... emotions were erupted when the two planes crashed into the World Tra...

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... , President Bush asked for $87 billion dollars, which will be coming out of the pockets of ordinary American citizens. The president plans on spending this enormous amount on money, on winning the war against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spending this huge amount of money is defiantly unnecessary. The president can use this ... our own infrastructure, provide jobs provide health care improve our educational system and secure our borders," says Brent Mosher. The money needed for the War on Terror is being used for weapons and bombs to cause more destruction and hatred in Iraq. Howe...

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced the official end to the United States' mission in Iraq on December 15th - nine years after US forces stepped foot on the foreign ground. US troops initially staged a war to rid Iraq of the weapons of mass destruction that they were thought to possess, but after almost a decade in the hostile ... country, no such weapons were found. Instead, the nine-year invasion revamped American politics and provided Muslims with a solid foundation for their hatred towards ... Americans. With American troops absent from the country, Iraq has a long and arduous ro...

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... dismantle its burgeoning nuclear weapons program, and to allow international inspectors full access to its stockpiles of plutonium, for verification. The framework of the treaty was negotiated in conjunction with ex-president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. This treaty was an outright defiance to skeptics who said the Clinton administration was gullible, warning that North Korea ... many examples of Saddam Hussein's homicidal prowess, and didn't have to work to hard to convince Americans on that point. Furthermore the brutality of Hussein's regime is easily unquestionable....

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... dismantle its burgeoning nuclear weapons program, and to allow international inspectors full access to its stockpiles of plutonium, for verification. The framework of the treaty was negotiated in conjunction with ex-president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. This treaty was an outright defiance to skeptics who said the Clinton administration was gullible, warning that North Korea ... many examples of Saddam Hussein's homicidal prowess, and didn't have to work to hard to convince Americans on that point. Furthermore the brutality of Hussein's regime is easily unquestionable....

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... international inspectors full access to its stockpiles of plutonium, to verify that these were not being used to manufacture a bomb. The so-called Agreed Framework, brokered with the help of Jimmy Carter, the former president and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, was hailed by The New York Times as "a resounding triumph"( ... stalling while it built more bombs. negotiators had instead taken the path of peace. If the North fulfills its commitments, this negotiation could become a textbook case on how to curb the spread of nuclear arms. North Korea has what Iraq dreams of. Who is it a p...

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... Armed Forces that the Iraqis are more efficient than they have been and will be even more effective as time goes on. In other areas, as the General was meeting with military personnel, Coalition forces killed two enemy fighters during an operation near Mosul. It happened when a vehicle was approached ... got nervous and started firing upon the soldiers. The Coalition forces returned fire and killed the individuals. Weapons were discovered at the scene along with bomb making materials for IEDs. One of those killed was a known al-Qaeda terrorist. One wanted individual and three others we...

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... to decrease. A few weeks ago Bush told the country that he wanted eighty seven billion dollars to turn around another country. He wants to provide them with hospitals and better schooling which is admirable. Although, why are we not fixing our own country first? There are still plenty of places in the United ... States that need the same treatment, and because of what is going on over seas, those places have to come in second. Not to mention, where is the eighty seven billion dollars going to come from? It is going ... that we are still fighting. If another country or organization attack...

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... it is our duty to police the rest of the world and not let it destroy itself." Blake seemed to be very emotional with is answer as if it had affected him directly. He continued on to say, "also, since 9/11, if we have learned anything, it's that when we see a force building that threatens ... too many problems in America to be fighting for the rights of someone else." What Anthony said was very true and made me think about how I stood on the war. The Final person I interviewed was my goof friend Tim Hunter (freshman). I was able to ask him more questions about the war than anyone ... e...

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On Monday, March 17, 2003 America went to war with Iraq. According to recent polls, 40% of Americans are against a war with Iraq. My goal, and the goals of all of those against the war, is to hopefully open the eyes of those who are pro-war ... and help them to realize this war is a mistake. I have researched this topic long and hard, and after getting both sides of the story (pro and anti) I stand very firm on my ... whatever program Saddam has for weapons of mass destruction. In addition, just war theory also requires that the risks of doing more harm then good should be minimal. With this...

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... in Iraq Is the war on Iraq perhaps one of the biggest displays of American hypocrisy? The details as to why we want to go to war are still being speculated upon. President Bush urged the United Nations to encourage Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to comply with U.N. resolutions or "actions ... will be unavoidable." Bush said that Saddam has repeatedly violated 16 U.N. Security Council resolutions, which include a call for Iraq to disarm its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. Iraqi officials rejected Bush's comments (Nation par. 4). The Bush administration says Saddam is in...

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... in Iraq Is the war on Iraq perhaps one of the biggest displays of American hypocrisy? The details as to why we want to go to war are still being speculated upon. President Bush urged the United Nations to encourage Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to comply with U.N. resolutions or "actions ... will be unavoidable." Bush said that Saddam has repeatedly violated 16 U.N. Security Council resolutions, which include a call for Iraq to disarm its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. Iraqi officials rejected Bush's comments (Nation par. 4). The Bush administration says Saddam is in...

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... return safe and unharmed. The stress of not knowing how a loved one is doing can weigh heavy on the people closest to them. They wonder each and every day if that person is dead or alive. With all the news broadcast, they hear of Americans being killed in combat. Each and every time there is ... be fought in Iraq, devastation of the Iraqi's homeland is sure to happen. There will be bombs dropped on pertinent infrastructures hoping to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein and his regime. Bodies will be intertwined with the rubble of the buildings that the US has targeted. There will be chaos among th...

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... President because that person could be the deciding factor. Being a superpower comes with great responsibility; that particular country must be involved in every conflict on earth in one way or another. You don't need a television to realize what is going on in the world. There seems to be a new conflict everyday with the United States taking some part in it. When the U.S. was attacked ... on 9/11, the entire world sympathized. Not many days hence, a war took place in ... Afghanistan. A little while later, Iraq was deemed to be cooperating with terrorist, therefore making war unavoidab...

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... generalities. A good example of glittering generalities and many other propagandistic fallacies occur in President Bush's "State of the Union Address", delivered to Congress on January 28, 2003. The Institute for Propaganda Analysis explains that glittering generalities "is a device to make us accept and approve without examining the evidence ... 12 years he systematically violated that agreement. He pursued chemical, biological and nuclear weapons even while inspectors were in his country." Bush goes on to explain how America has given Hussein every chance to restrain himself from doin...

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... agencies and other international sources (Gordon 19). Further, studies by the Food and Agricultural Organization in 1997 suggest that chronic malnutrition in the population of Iraqi citizens is high, with some 27 percent of the population experiencing illness related to a lack of food (Gordon 19). In addition, opposition to the sanctions has also stemmed from the fact that the ... term implications. "Iraq despite its present predicament is considered potentially the single most powerful Arab state, the only one that combines enormous oil wealth, freshwater and land sufficient for cultiva...

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... 's minds these days. You can't open a newspaper or watch the news without hearing about it. With the call up of thousands of American reservists this crisis has taken on a personal note. This paper will discuss the effects of a war with Iraq on the American economy. An American attack on Iraq will most definitely affect the American economy. One of the main reasons for this is ... prices rise sharply, the economic effects would be felt by the entire world. This isn't going to be anything like the previous war with Iraq in 1991. During that war the U.S. was spending almost $500 million a ...

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... 1, 2001 shows that right after September 11, 92% of Americans approved of the way President Bush was handling the U.S. campaign against terrorism. Two years later, on September 3, that approval rating dropped to 67%. As for the other 8% - 33% of the American population, they objected the war from the start. Right ... middle of the road, it didn't matter, you were happy to hear it was over. Then the president came on the television and informed the people of a greater evil that must be swiftly dealt with, less we risk a terrible attack again. This evil was known as Saddam Hussein. His nam...

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... of people does make us as individuals weaker, but our spirit as Americans is strengthened. The attack came with no forewarning. The looks on the faces of people all around the United States on that tragic day were tear filled. The thought of children's lives being shattered and destroyed makes you ask ... lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our...

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... else. This was a way that everyone could check and balance each another. However, going to war with Iraq without the support of the United Nations said that the United States will do whatever it wants on its own no matter if they had the consent of the others or not. No one has ... that the Bush Administration claimed to have and the result of the inspections not being conclusive, the United States was not justified in going to war with Iraq. The United Nations should respond and offer their support to help rebuild Iraq, however, they should not do it the way the United States ... Stat...

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